Just three months on from winning our first major trophy, Palace had another historic moment at Wembley to savour on Sunday.
The Eagles won the Community Shield for the first time in our illustrious history, after Dean Henderson’s heroics and Justin Devenny’s match-winning spot kick saw us triumph 3-2 in a penalty shootout.
This followed a thrilling 2-2 draw beforehand after goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaïla Sarr, as Palace once again matched the Premier League Champions.
As we start to digest another golden day for Palace under the Arch, here are all the key numbers from Wembley.
Repeating his trick from the FA Cup success, Oliver Glasner became the first Austrian manager to lift the Community Shield.
Days separating our last fixture against Liverpool – the final match of 2024/25 – and Sunday’s Wembley showpiece.
The number of times Ismaïla Sarr has hit the net at Wembley in 2025.
Sarr brought Palace back to 2-2 with a cool finish before also scoring his penalty in the resulting shootout. This followed on from his two goals in the FA Cup semi-final win back in April.
Days separating Palace’s TWO Wembley wins! Not a bad summer…
Palace players played every minute of both the FA Cup Final and the Community Shield win.
Dean Henderson, Maxence Lacroix, Chris Richards, Daniel Muñoz, Ismaïla Sarr and Ebere Eze all completed that particular feat.
Years since the last time a first-time FA Cup winner went on to triumph in the Community Shield.
Leicester City achieved the feat with a win over Manchester City – their winning goal coincidentally a late penalty.
..time lucky? Prior to the Liverpool triumph, Palace had lost six penalty shootouts on the spin. The last win before Wembley came 21 years ago, in May 2004.
The Eagles defeated Sunderland 5-4 on spot kicks in the First Division play-off semi-finals, following a 4-4 draw on aggregate. Andy Johnson, Dougie Freedman, Neil Shipperley, Tony Popovic and Michael Hughes all scored that night.
It’s 50 years – half a century – since the last time a debutant won the Community Shield, when Derby County defeated West Ham in their first appearance.
Competitive games played on August, 10th in Crystal Palace history, with the Community Shield win the latest.
Palace are unbeaten across all six games, with three wins!
Since 1992, only eight of the 33 winners of the Shield have gone on to win the title.
Surely, it’s time to make that nine in 2025/26?
